fireworks
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Sat only Kobe Port Weekend Fireworks 2026–27 | Weekend Fireworks off Meriken Park
Meriken Park
About 5 min each (start time varies by month, 18:00–19:45 — see below)
〜3/20
Weekend · 2026/09/05–09/06
Hyogo weekend →Kobe Weekend Events – 9/5(Sat) – 9/6(Sun)
View this weekend's events across Hyogo →27 events happening in Kobe this weekend, 9/5(Sat) – 9/6(Sun). Festivals, markets, experiences and more.
fireworks
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Sat only 
culture
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Sat & Sun Miffy × Kobe Port Tower: Night Time
Kobe Port Tower and venues across the Kobe waterfront
Follows each venue's opening hours (night market 17:00–22:00, until 21:00 on some dates)
〜9/30
gourmet
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Sat & Sun KOBE MOON HOPPING 2026
Participating venues around Sannomiya, Kobe (one in Tarumi Ward)
During each participating venue's opening hours (varies by shop)
〜9/30
festival
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Sun only VAMOS Ninomiya Autumn Festival 2026
Ninomiya Shopping Street and surrounding area (Chuo-ku, Kobe)
12:00–20:00 (tentative)
culture Sat & Sun
Special Exhibition at Taiko no Yudonokan, Arima Onsen
Taiko no Yudonokan (Arima Onsen)
9:00–17:00 (last admission 16:30)
〜11/10
art Sat & Sun
Felissimo Chocolate Museum Special Exhibitions
Felissimo Chocolate Museum, Stage Felissimo 2F (Chuo Ward, Kobe)
11:00–18:00 (last admission 17:30)
〜10/4
art Sat & Sun Mystery at the Museum | A Summer Exhibition Bringing Together Seven Hyogo Prefectural Museums
Gallery 1F, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
10:00–18:00（入場は閉館30分前まで）
〜9/13
art Ends this weekend Sat & Sun
Special Exhibition: Godzilla – THE ART (70th Anniversary)
Kobe Yukari no Bijutsukan (Higashinada, Kobe)
10:00–17:00 (Last admission 16:30)
〜9/6
entertainment Ends this weekend Sat & Sun Kowakawa: The Cursed Box — Save Hakoneko! (Harborland Haunted House)
K-wave, South Brick Warehouse, Kobe Harborland
Weekdays 11:00–19:00 (last entry 18:40) / Weekends, holidays & Obon (Aug 10–16) 11:00–21:00 (last entry 20:40). The final hour runs as a lights-out "Dark Night Mode."
〜9/6
entertainment Sat & Sun
Kobe Horror Collection 2026
Sannomiya OPA 2, 5F special venue
11:00–20:00（最終受付19:30）
〜9/23
art Sat & Sun
The World of Kawanabe Kyosai: The Goldman Collection
Kobe City Museum
9:30–17:30 (until 20:00 on Fri & Sat). Last entry 30 min before closing. Closed Mondays (open if a public holiday, closed the next weekday).
〜9/23
art Sat & Sun
PAPER ZOO by Miho Akiyama
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Hyogo-no-tsu, Hyogo Hajimari-kan 2F (Hyogo Ward, Kobe)
9:30–18:00 (last admission 17:30)
〜9/13
art Ends this weekend Sat & Sun Zoo Exhibition @ KOBE SUBWAY MUSEUM
All 10 stations on the Kobe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line (incl. Sannomiya-Hanadokeimae)
During station operating hours (first to last train)
〜9/6
alcohol Sat & Sun Kobe Old Pulteney Bar Rally
Participating bars across Kobe (197 bars citywide)
〜9/30
entertainment Sat & Sun Kobe Airport Mystery Game: The Left-Behind Suitcase
Kobe Airport Terminal 1 & Terminal 2
〜10/31
art Sat & Sun
Nami Sano Exhibition: Fin.
Kobe Kitano Museum
9:30–17:30 (last admission 17:00)
〜10/11
art Sat & Sun Kobe, City of Film: Poster Exhibition
TOTTEI STAND BUOY, cafe on the 2nd floor of GLION ARENA KOBE (Chuo Ward, Kobe)
10:00–20:00 (last order and last entry 19:30)
〜9/7
art Sat & Sun
Kaori Sakamoto Costume Exhibition: ART ON ICE
Daimaru Kobe, 1F Main Stage
10:00–20:00 (the talk show finished on August 22)
〜9/8
marche Sat only
Sunshine Wharf Kobe Flea Market
Sunshine Garden, Sunshine Wharf Kobe
9:30〜15:00
〜9/27
art Sat & Sun Kobe Rokko Meets Art 2026 beyond
Various locations on Mount Rokko
10:00–17:00 *Hours vary by venue
〜11/29
art Sat & Sun
Setsuko Migishi: 120th Anniversary Exhibition
Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art, Galleries 1 & 2
10:00–17:00 (last admission 16:30)
〜11/8
entertainment Sat & Sun Kobe Harborland Puzzle Walking Rally
Kobe Harborland, Meriken Park and New Seaport (12 rally points)
On the final day, Fri Nov 6, the rally ends at 12:00
〜11/6
art Sat & Sun Photo Exhibition: Before We Can't Meet There Again
FoodBar ENDS (Tenten Bldg. 3F)
Daytime 11:00–18:00 (Kissa Stern) / Evening 18:00–24:00 (FoodBar ENDS)
〜9/30
gourmet Sat & Sun Sannomiya NOOK Backstreet Stamp Rally
15 participating shops around Sannomiya & Motomachi
Follows each participating shop's opening hours
〜9/30
alcohol Sat & Sun Tabisuru Ochoko × Hyogo Sake in Kobe
multi-BASE (HITODE crossing in front of Daimaru Kobe)
Sep 3, 4, 7: 15:00–20:00 / Sep 5, 6: 12:00–18:00 / Sep 8: 15:00–19:00
〜9/8
music Sat only
Nozomi Itagaki Soprano Concert at RIC no Wa
Community Space RIC no Wa (Kobe Fashion Plaza 3F)
14:00–14:30
festival Sun only Sannomiya Yokocho Grown-ups' Summer Festival 2026
Sannomiya Yokocho (2F, under the JR elevated tracks)
12:00〜23:00